Chapter 38 She is a bit obsessed with CP
The mumbling sounds reached everyone's ears, not only making people's hearts skip a beat, but also a bit noisy!
The Queen Mother, who was sitting at the top, did not realize until then that today's birthday banquet was indeed lacking in music, singing and dancing.
Originally, these programs should have been performed after all the officials had toasted. However, in order to hear Lu Xinran's true thoughts, she waved her hand to signal to wait when the palace maids came to ask whether it was appropriate to perform music and dance.
Wait a minute, the birthday banquet is about to end.
The emperor tilted his head and saw the empress dowager cough lightly and waved her hand at the palace maid who came over to ask for instructions again.
Outside the pavilion, dancers who had been waiting for a long time walked in one by one, holding their musical instruments.
Lu Xinran held the glutinous rice wine and grinned foolishly.
[The wine is delicious, the dance is beautiful, the melon is tasty, it would be nice if the Queen Mother could celebrate her birthday every day. ]
Everyone: “…”
So do they still have a way to survive?!
Don't all people have to be exposed?
Zhang Shui'er looked over from a distance, met Lu Xinran's gaze, smiled and made a toast gesture.
[She should be more clear-headed now, right? That pervert, eh, what good is there in that?]
[It's a pity that General Qi has no offspring, otherwise his son would have been as handsome as he is.]
Zhang Shui'er paused while holding the wine glass. Feeling the gazes of the people around her, her pretty face instantly blushed.
Lu Xinlan took the wine bowl from her with an expressionless face, then raised his hand and patted her on the back gently.
"If you feel sleepy, take a nap first. I'll ask Madam Xu to wake you up after the birthday banquet is over."
Don't drink too much and act crazy in your heart. If General Qi knew that there was a young girl who had just come of age in the capital who was always thinking about him, he would be scared to death.
Lu Xinran laughed and said, "Sister, you don't know, the Queen and General Qi are really close."
She is a little obsessed with CP.
Lu Xinlan expressionlessly reached for a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
Don’t say anything. Didn’t you see that the emperor’s face in the picture above couldn’t be any darker?
Even though the Empress and Qi Yu had not seen each other for more than 20 years and had never written a letter to each other, Lu Xinran's inner thoughts had already made the Emperor feel embarrassed.
Everyone around pricked up their ears, wanting to hear some gossip, but they saw Lu Xinran actually finished his snack obediently, and then fell asleep on their legs.
She looks cute and well-behaved, and doesn't seem like a chatterbox at all.
The inner voices disappeared completely and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
With the sound of stringed instruments and dancing, the waterside pavilion finally had the lively atmosphere of a banquet.
Lu Kangde couldn't hide the joy on his face, and he accepted every toast from people who came over.
Lu Jinchuan has been promoted to the second rank. The highest official position holding real power in the court of the Great Chu is the second rank. Most of the first rank officials sound very prestigious, but in fact they have no power at all.
He was already one of the highest-ranking people in the court and did not need to please anyone. If he had to lick anyone, it would be the emperor.
So at this time he just sat behind the desk, feeling the scrutiny and assessment of several other second-rank officials.
When Zhou Hanwen and his son looked over here, his teeth almost broke.
"How can you let the Fang family do whatever they want! If that incident hadn't happened, how could the Lu family have been targeting us all this time!"
All those who were targeted by the little girl from the Lu family today had some past with them.
This time, they were affected by the Fang family and suffered an unexpected disaster.
Zhou Bingshan looked towards the Lu family with resentment: "Father, you know clearly how much benefit Fang has brought to our family over the years."
Zhou Bingshan didn't dare to think too deeply about whether she was having an affair with his father.
His father has always been very greedy when it comes to matters between men and women. If he hadn't been concerned about his official position and the fear of damaging his image, the things he did would not have been exposed until now.
"So you're blaming me?"
Zhou Hanwen snorted coldly, "Your Majesty will not punish me, but it is not good for you and me to stay in the capital any longer. A lucrative patrol post just opened up in Fuzhou a few days ago. You can come with me to Fuzhou."
Zhou Bingshan's gaze still fell in the direction of the Lu family, "But Jiamao and Zhengya's marriage has not been decided yet."
"Their marriage?" Zhou Hanwen tilted his head to look at him, as if he had not expected his son to have such a naive side: "Do you think they can find a good marriage in the capital? If we take them to Fuzhou, others may find a good marriage for them there because they don't know what their mother has done."
In the capital, who would dare to marry their daughter into the Zhou family?
Zhou Hanwen didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. He just hated the Lu family for exposing his hobbies in public.
"But things will change, and we will be back one day."
Then it will be time for all the governments in the capital to kneel down and lick their boots again.
His eyes wandered over the several princes sitting near the top. The queen had no children, and the several adult princes all had their respective assignments in the court.
The eldest prince was in the Ministry of War, the second prince was in the Ministry of Personnel, the third prince was in the Ministry of Revenue, the fourth prince was in Shuntian Prefecture, the fifth prince was in the Ministry of Justice, and the sixth prince was in the Ministry of Rites.
All six adult princes were entrusted with important tasks. When the princes began to compete for the throne in a few years, it would be time for him to return to the capital.
He raised the wine glass and met Lu Jinchuan's gaze. He pulled up the corners of his lips and smiled, then made a toast gesture to him from a distance.
Life is a long journey with no end. Anyone can be a winner until the last moment.
Zhao turned around and looked at the person who was already in Lu Xinlan's arms, and subconsciously wanted to curl her lips in disdain.
"Is she really asleep?"
"Well, mother, let big brother carry her out later."
"That won't do! Your eldest brother is of such and such status. Today all the ladies here are from various families. Mother would like to take this opportunity to show your eldest brother a little bit."
Zhao refused without even thinking about it, but Lu Yuanheng turned aside and looked at the little girl lying in her elder sister's arms.
"Mom, Xinran is also my sister."
It has been nearly a month since his biological sister returned home. He has been told repeatedly that he has not seen his biological sister for a long time, which is already very rude and has caused the little girl to complain about him. How can he ignore her any longer?
Besides, the two sisters get along so well, why should he be a bad guy who only loves one of them?
"Mother," seeing that Zhao was about to say something, Lu Xinlan quickly interrupted her and said, "If big brother doesn't even love his own sister, people will gossip if the news gets out."
This sentence was like a vital point, and it immediately made Zhao shut up.
She glared at the sleeping Lu Xinran angrily, said "It's up to you", and turned away dejectedly.
Lu Yuanheng smiled and gave Lu Xinlan a thumbs up: "The little girl seems to have a lot of opinions about me. Xinlan, do you want to help big brother think of a good way to coax her?"
Lu Xinlan lowered his head to look at the guy who was sleeping with a red face, and spoke in a low voice after a while.
"She's easy to please. As long as you treat her well, she will put aside her grudges and get close to you."
Lu Yuanheng was stunned for a moment, looked at the little girl's soft head, and responded with a sigh.
"Have you found out why both of you fell into the water before?"
Lu Xinlan paused. There was no need to find out the reason. She and Lu Xinran both knew it.
But neither of them wanted to talk about it, after all... it was not very glorious.